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cha

/t͡ʃɑː/

cha noun: tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai. Also the pronunciation spelling of you.

Noun (1)

cha (uncountable)

  1. Tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai.
    • Would you like a cup of cha?
    • [Krazy Kat, bringing a full tray:] Look, folkses – hot dogs, hot cha, hot peppa pots, hot timollies – hot kuffy. ^([sic])1934 August 4, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 206

Particle

cha

  1. Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances.
    • One–two–cha–cha–cha
      Three–four–cha–cha–cha

Noun (2)

cha (plural chas or cha)

  1. (Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
    Synonyms:
    Korean foot

Noun (3) capitalized: CHA

CHA (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of congenital heart anomaly.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism, roleplaying games) Initialism of charisma point.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: CHA

CHA

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Charlotte: a city in North Carolina, United States.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Children's Hospital Association.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cha

Cha (plural Chas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte

Also used as

cha is also the pronunciation spelling of you.

cha meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam

cha in Hindi

चा

cha in Marathi

चा

cha in Telugu

చా

cha in Malayalam

ചാ
More languagesFewer languages
cha in Kannada
ಚಾ
cha in Punjabi
ਚਾ
cha in Nepali
चा

Synonyms of cha

Forms of cha

Noun
alternative UKchar
pluralchas
pluralcha
alternative form (obsolete)cia
alternative form (obsolete)chaw
Proper noun
pluralChas

Origin of cha

From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 (chá) /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.

From cha-cha (q.v.).

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).

Words formed from cha

Phrases with cha

Words that rhyme with cha

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Questions about cha

What does cha mean?
Cha means tea, (sometimes dialect) specifically masala chai.
What is cha in Hindi?
Cha in Hindi is चा. See Cha meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cha?
Cha can be a noun, a particle or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cha?
Cha is pronounced /t͡ʃɑː/.
What is the plural of cha?
The plural of cha is chas.

Words near cha in the dictionary

  1. CH2
  2. ch3ap
  3. ch3aper
  4. ch3apest
  5. CH4
  6. cha
  7. cha cha
  8. cha cha cha
  9. cha cha chas
  10. cha chaan teng
  11. cha chaan tengs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cha (page history and authors); CHA (page history and authors); Cha (page history and authors); cha (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cha (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cha (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cha (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cha (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cha (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cha (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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